New WWE open, which debuted on the 1,000th Raw. Intro video for the 25th SummerSlam, which isn’t the 25th anniversary, but is billed as such because WWE doesn’t know how anniversaries work. Pyro and ballyhoo. We are LIVE from Los Angeles! Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler are the announcers.

Vickie Guerrero comes out to scream at us. I guess that means Ziggler vs. Jericho is up first. They show clips of Ziggler winning the Money In The Bank Ladder Match last month. Jericho comes out and they show a clip of Ziggler injuring Jericho’s ribs this past Smackdown. Justin Roberts is a ring announcer.

Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) vs. Chris Jericho. Jericho is sporting taped ribs from the aforementioned attack. Ziggler runs around the ring and Jericho gives chase. Back inside, Jericho catches him with an elbow smash and beats him up a bit. Ziggler does a drop down and a leap frog, but Jericho catches him with a chop. Ziggler avoids a suplex and attacks the injured ribs. Jericho gets a reprieve by back body dropping Ziggler to the floor. He goes for his rebound dropkick to the apron, but fails and eats the floor as Ziggler makes it back into the ring. Ziggler continues to punish the ribs. Vickie is obnoxious at ringside. Ziggler hits a Rude Awakening, complete with gyrating hips, then pulls a Jericho classic on foot cover for 2. Jericho gets whipped into the ropes, but catches Ziggler with a schoolboy for 2. Ziggler charges Jericho in the corner, eats it, and Jericho gets a brief flurry. Ziggler charges the corner again and eats Jericho’s boot. Jericho follows with a diving elbow smash. Ziggler sends Jericho into the post, then hits the Fameasser for 2. Jericho goes for the Walls of Jericho, fails, but lands an enzuigiri for 2. Ziggler avoids Jericho in the corner, jumps on his back, and clamps on the sleeper hold. Jericho backs Ziggler into the corner to escape. Ziggler kicks him in the ribs and goes up top. Jericho cuts him off, pounds on him, and hits a top rope Frankensteiner~! Delayed cover gets 2. Ziggler catches Jericho out of nowhere with a swank DDT for 2. They trade shots. Jericho hits the bulldog and goes for the Lionsault. Ziggler catches him in the injured ribs with raised knees, then hits the Zig Zag, but Jericho kicks out! Jericho catches Ziggler with the Codebreaker. Ziggler rolls to the floor. Jericho throws Ziggler back into the ring. Vickie grabs Jericho’s leg, allowing Ziggler to get an inside cradle for 2. Jericho sends Ziggler into the post and locks in the Walls of Jericho. Ziggler taps in 13:06. Yes, Jericho won, but is this really “the big one?” It made sense when Jericho did this angle with The Rock in 2001 and won the World title, but is the opening match of SummerSlam the same thing? Good match, though.

Slim Jim commercial.

Los Angeles!

They show Brock Lesnar destroying Shawn Michaels on Raw last week.

Matt Striker interviews Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman. Well, Paul does all of the talking.

Lillian Garcia is also a ring announcer. The Spanish announcers, Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodriguez, are present as well.

Daniel Bryan vs. Kane. Kane has his dukes up, which amuses me. Bryan kicks at the larger man’s legs. Kane catches a kick and throws him down. Bryan avoids an elbow and kicks him some more. Kane punches him a bit. Bryan backflips off the top rope, then gets slammed for 2. Kane stomps Bryan in the corner. Fans are chanting for Bryan. Bryan fails at a reverse cradle and eats a big boot. Cover gets 2 for Kane. Bryan kicks at Kane’s knee some more. Kane nonchalantly choke throws Bryan out of the ring. Bryan gets back in as Kane comes out and takes him out with a tope suicide. Back inside, Bryan hits a missile dropkick for 2. Bryan lands more kicks as the crowd chants “YES!” Kane ducks a critical blow and lands a clothesline. Kane hits a sidewalk slam for 2. Kane hits the diving lariat and goes for the chokeslam. Bryan counters out and rolls to the apron, pulls Kane’s head over the top rope, then comes back in to eat a punch. Bryan slaps Kane defiantly. Kane beats the crap out of him in the corner until the referee forces a break. Bryan takes the opportunity and goes on the offensive. He goes for the LeBell/Yes/No Lock, fails, and settles for kicking Kane in the chest. He gets annoyed at the “YES!” chants and goes for the diving headbutt. Kane catches him by the throat and hits the chokeslam. Instead of covering, he signals for the Tombstone. Bryan counters it into an inside cradle for the pin in 8:03! Bryan wins! YES! YES! YES! Fun little match.

Kane, pissed that lost, rampages around backstage. Josh Matthews tries to interview him, but Kane grabs him by the throat, yells “WHERE?! IS?! HE?!” and throws him away, then continues his rampage.

Don’t drink and drive.

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: The Miz (c) vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. I think Mysterio’s costume is supposed to be Batman. They lock up. Miz lands a shoulder block. Mysterio sits up and kind of stares at him. They do a bit of wrestling that ends in Rey getting a near fall and Miz taking a quick powder. Miz comes back in and gets to stompin’. Rey hits a flying headscissors. Miz throws Rey out of the ring. Rey slides back in as Miz slides out, then dropkicks Miz through the ropes. Miz sends Rey torso-first into the barricade. Back inside, Miz goes to work. Rey counters a backdrop and gets a 2 count. Miz catches Rey with that lucha-style backbreaker that Jericho does on Rey for 2. Miz beats on Rey some more. Rey tries to make a comeback, but eats a clothesline, which gets a 2 count for Miz. Miz hits his corner clothesline and goes up top, but Rey dropkicks Miz, crotching h im on the top turbuckle. Rey hits the diving seated senton and goes for a rana, but Miz catches him with a powerbomb for 2. Rey ducks a kick and gets a cradle for 2, then kicks Miz in the head for another 2. Combine the two, and he got a 4 count, so he almost won under Canadian rules. Rey hits a whirly DDT for 2. Rey goes up top again, but gets caught. Rey fights Miz off and hits a diving headscissors, which puts Miz into 619 position. Rey hits the 619 and goes for the diving splash, but Miz avoids it. Miz goes for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Rey turns it into a cradle for 2. Miz launches Rey into the turnbuckles, then hits the Skull Crushing Finale for the pin in 9:10. It was okay, but I never really got into it.

Plug for the WWE iPhone/Android app. I downloaded it. It’s not that interesting.

Teddy Long and Eve Torres walk out of the GM’s office and talk about how quirky AJ Lee is. They walk away and WWE Champion CM Punk walks into the office. He complains to AJ about being in a Triple Threat Match tonight. She just cocks her head and stares off into space, ignoring him.

World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio. They lock up. Del Rio backs Sheamus into the corner. Repeat. They tumble out of the ring together and brawl on the floor. Back inside, Sheamus hits a neckbreaker for 2. Sheamus hits the Finlay Roll for 2. Sheamus goes for the Razor’s Edge, but fails. He ends up getting Del Rio up on his shoulders as Del Rio exposes the turnbuckle. Sheamus counters the Minoru Special and misses the Brogue Kick. Del Rio kicks Sheamus off the apron, then sends him knee first into the steps. Back inside, Del Rio clamps on a rear chin lock. Sheamus escapes and goes for another neckbreaker, but Del Rio kicks him in the knee, then in the head for 2. They fight some more. Del Rio is wearing black gear that looks reall weird on him for some reason. He taunts Sheamus by doing the “Brogue!” taunt. He teases a Brogue Kick, but Sheamus cuts him off. Del Rio sends Sheamus’ shoulder into the post. Sheamus tries to go up top, but gets cut off. Del Rio hits an arm breaker (pulling the knees into the arm) off the top for 2. There has to be a better name for that move. Del Rio goes for his move, but Sheamus counters. Del Rio counters the counter and hits the Minoru Special. Sheamus powers up and slams Del Rio down. Sheamus hits the White Noise (Schwein) for 2. Sheamus goes for the Brogue Kick, but Del Rio avoids him. Sheamus clubbers Del Rio in the chest. Why hasn’t the referee fixed that exposed turnbuckle? Oh, I see. Del Rio drops Sheamus into the exposed buckle, then hits an enzuigiri, but Sheamus kicks out! Del Rio roughs up Ricardo just because he’s a dick. Sheamus hits Del Rio with Ricardo’s shoe, then hits the White Noise for the pin in 11:24, even though Del Rio’s foot was on the bottom rope. That’s actually the finish? Okay then. Del Rio and Ricardo bitch at the referee, and rightfully so. This match did not click with me at all.

Plug for the National Guard, or rather, how great WWE is for supporting the National Guard.

Cole and Lawler plug Night of Champions.

On the pre-show, Triple H told referee Scott Armstrong to not DQ or count anyone out tonight in his match with Brock Lesnar.

Last week on Raw, the Prime Time Players beat up R-Truth while Kofi Kingston was in China, then Touted about it.

WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c) vs. The Prime Time Players. Truth beats up Young to start. O’Neil tags in and drops Truth with a boot, barks, and covers for 2. Kofi tags in and keeps O’Neil off balance with his speed. Kofi hits the Boom Drop and goes for the Trouble In Paradise, but Young distracts him. Heel chicanery on the outside leads to the Players getting the advantage. Kofi plays face in peril. Young looks like he’s trying to get Kofi in some retarded triangle choke. It fails completely, but he continues to put a beating on Kofi. O’Neil tags in and applies an abdominal stretch. Kofi turns a spinning slam into a spike DDT. Truth gets the hot tag and runs wild on Darren Young. Truth hits a front suplex. Cover, but O’Neil saves. O’Neil throws Kofi out of the ring, but Kofi skins the cat, low bridges him out, and takes him out with a dive. Truth thinks about a dive, but Young schoolboys him for 2. Young goes for something and fails, and Truth hits the Paydirt, whatever he’s calling it this week, for the pin in 7:07. Players are nothing without AW. This match was pretty close to nothing, too.

Axxess clips.

Punk/Cena/Show hype video.

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena vs. The Big Show. Big Show beats up everyone to start. Punk seems to be channeling Bret Hart with his pink gear. Cena and Punk unite to try to suplex Show, but Show suplexes both of them at the same time. Show wins on them some more. Cena gets tossed out of the ring by Show and Punk makes a comeback until he stupidly goes for the Go 2 Sleep and fails. Cena tries to give Show the Attitude Adjustment, but Punk pushes them over. Punk covers Cena, but Show saves. Show beats up Punk some more and throws Cena out of the ring again. Punk avoids Show in the corner and goes for a springboard cross body, but Show catches him and hits the Final Cut. Show signals for the KO punch, but Cena reappears and cuts him off. Show spears Cena for 2. Show goes for a Vader Bomb onto both opponents, but Punk avoids it and Cena takes the full brunt. Punk breaks Show’s cover. Show throws Punk out of the ring, then goes after Cena on the other side. Punk tries a dive, but Show catches him and launches him into the ropes from the outside. Awesome. Show and Cena go at it in the ring. Punk pulls Show’s head over the top rope, allowing Cena to hit a backdrop suplex. LA crowd doesn’t like Cena. Cena signals for the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but Punk cuts him off. Punk hits the diving elbow drop on Show. Cover, but Show throws him across the ring at 2. Punk kicks Show in the head and locks in the Koji Clutch, of all things. Show breaks out. Punk takes a powder. Cena hits Show with a shoulder block and locks in the STF. Show stands and backs Cena into the corner. Cena goes for a dive, but Show catches and slams him. Punk drops Show with a diving lariat and hits him with 3 running knees to the corner, but Show counters the bulldog. Cena hits Show with the diving Fameasser, but ends up on the apron. Punk locks Show in the Koji Clutch. Cena also applies the STF. Show taps. The referee calls for the bell, but there are 2 winners. Cena and Punk argue with the referee. Raw GM AJ Lee skips out and rules that the match must continue. Show immediately chokeslams both me. Cover on Cena gets 2. Cover on Punk gets 2. Cena ducks the KO punch and hits Show with the Attitude Adjustment. Punk throws Cena out of the ring and pins Show in 14:28. Very enjoyable match. Punk celebrates.

Los Angeles!

Celebrities are here! Including former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette and WrestleMania participant Maria Menounos (sporting a Bob Backlund shirt).

Trailer for WWE Films’ latest, The Day.

On the preshow, Antonio Cesaro beat Santino Marella for the WWE United States Championship, with help from Aksana.

Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Triple H. Brock immediately powers Triple H into the corner. Hunter comes back with punches. Brock repeats and goes for the Kimura. Triple H counters. Brock beats him in the corner some more and goes for it again. He gets a standing version, but Hunter is in the ropes. Triple H fights back and clotheslines Brock out of the ring. Brock comes back in and beats up Triple H in the corner some more. Hunter lands a knee lift and clotheslines Brock out of the ring again. Lesnar looks irked. Brock comes back in and takes off his gloves. It’s a bare knuckle fight now! Brock gets a double leg takedown and pummels Triple H with a few punches. Hunter bails, selling a punch to the back of the head. They brawl outside. Brock gives Hunter a hammerlock slam onto the announce table. The brawl some more back inside. Brock delivers another hammerlock slam. Brock continues working the arm. Triple H counters an F-5 attempt, but Brock hits him with a BIG German suplex. Brock stomps Triple H’s arm again. Triple H tries to bail, gets caught, and pulls Brock against the top rope. Hunter manages to score with a DDT. Brock immediately goes after the arm again. I always enjoy a hammerlock slam, and Brock is dishing them out liberally tonight. They go outside and Lesnar sends Triple H into the post. They wreck the Spanish announce table. Brock actually jumps off of it and hits Triple H with a big chop. Back in the ring, Triple H tries to fight back. Lesnar gets an inside cradle of all things for 2. Lesnar hits a clothesline and goes for a suplex, but Hunter counters and suplexes him. Lesnar clotheslines the turnbuckle. Triple H goes for the Pedigree, but fails, gets whipped into the corner, and does the Michaels flip out of the ring. Brock takes a shot into the announce table on his stomach and starts dry heaving. The announcers talk about his issues with diverticulitis. Hunter goes after the midsection. He hits some knee lifts to the stomach. Triple H hits the spinebuster and goes for the Pedigree. Lesnar counters and goes for the F-5. Triple H counters and hits the Pedigree, but Lesnar kicks out. Triple H goes for the Pedigree again, but Lesnar hits him square in the balls. The referee, per Hunter’s request, is letting it go. Lesnar hits the F-5, but Triple H kicks out. Lesnar locks on the standing Kimura again. Triple H tries to fight out, but Lesnar goes to the ground with it. Triple H gets the ropes, but the ref isn’t enforcing the rules. Hunter fights out of the hold. Hunter hits the Pedigree and goes for the cover, but Lesnar gets the Kimura again. Triple H taps in 18:45. I’m absolutely shocked that they did the right thing and put Lesnar over. The match was an intense brawl, but not on the level of Lesnar/Cena. I’ll give it a thumbs slightly up. Lesnar leaves. Hunter refuses medical attention. Fans chant “YOU TAPPED OUT!”, which is probably not what WWE was going for with this. Hunter mouths “I’m sorry” and leaves to a mixture of boos and polite applause.

This show started well, dipped really low in the middle, peaked with the triple threat match, and ended okay. I’d say the show as a whole is thumbs in the middle.

They show the shenanigans leading up to Kane vs. Randy Orton involving their respective fathers, Paul Bearer and Bob Orton Jr.

Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kane vs. Randy Orton. They brawl. Orton gets punched off the top to the floor. Cover on the floor gets 2. Kane brings in a leg pipe. Orton cuts him off and hits him with the pipe a few times, knocking him back to the floor on the last shot. They fight in the crowd. Orton knees Kane in the face for 2. Kane slams Orton on the concrete for 2. More crowd brawling. They end up near the set. Orton lands a dropkick for 2. Kane blocks the RKO and boots Orton in the face for 2. They brawl backstage. They end up in a room with some geeks. Zack Ryder attacks Kane, which only pisses him off. Kane goozles Ryder, but Orton hits the 3.0 for 2. Back into the hallway. Kane throws something at Orton and covers for 2. Back into the arena. Back into the ring. Orton drops Kane with a clothesline and hits a powerslam. Orton retrieves a chair from underneath the ring and attacks Kane with it. Back outside, where Orton clears off the announce table. Kane goes for the chokeslam, but Orton prevents it. Orton hits the DDT OF MURDER off the table to the floor! Cover gets 2. Kane blocks the RKO and sends Orton into the post. Cover gets 2. Back inside, Kane goes up top. Orton crotches him and hits a superplex. Cover gets 2. Orton humps the mat. Kane hits the chokeslam, but Orton kicks out! Kane bitches at the referee. Kane goes for the Tombstone on the chair. Orton counts out and hits the RKO sort of on the chair for the pin in 16:45. Fun match.

John Laurinaitis and Eve Torres are backstage with the Raw Roulette wheel. Teddy Long brings in champagne. He’s being humiliated after he lost his GM job at WrestleMania. Laurinaitis gets a phone call from Triple H.

Chicago!

“The Funkasaurus” Brodus Clay (w/ Hornswoggle, Cameron, & Naomi) vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero & Jack Swagger). They lock up. Clay overpowers Ziggler. Ziggler tries to take Clay down, but fails. Swagger distracts Clay, allowing Ziggler to dropkick him out of the ring. Ziggler distracts the referee while Swagger hits a shoulder block on the floor. Back inside, Ziggler goes on the attack. Clay goes for a knee lift, but Ziggler dropkicks his knee, then hits the Fameasser for 2. Ziggler lands a dropkick for 1. Ziggler applies a rear chin lock. Clay fights out. Ziggler stays on the attack. He goes for a suplex, but fails. Clay throws him with a front suplex and makes his comeback. Clay knocks Swagger on the apron. Ziggler goes for the sleeper, but fails. Clay hits a headbutt and a big splash for the pin in 4:18. It was fine for what it was.

Earlier in the day, The Big Show and Cody Rhodes played Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal to determine the stipulation for their Intercontinental title match tonight. It’s a Tables Match.

Lillian Garcia is the other ring announcer.

The show highlights of Show’s title victory over Rhodes at WrestleMania XXVIII.

Tables Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship: The Big Show (c) vs. Cody Rhodes. Show beats up Rhodes. Rhodes bails after taking a big back body drop. Show sets up a table on the outside and picks up Rhodes. Rhodes slips off and chop blocks Show’s knee. Show rallies and continues to beat and toss Rhodes around. Show throws Rhodes and a table in the ring. He throws Rhodes at the table in the corner, but Rhodes rebounds off of it and hits the Beautiful Disaster. Rhodes charges, but Show shoulder blocks him. Rhodes bails. Show beats him up on the outside. Show throws Rhodes back into the ring and gets in the apron. Rhodes dropkicks Show, who steps through a table at ringside. The referee rules Rhodes the winner in 4:35. Stupid finish. A pissed off Show drops Rhodes after the match, then chokeslams him through a table. Crowd chants “One more time!” Show press slams Rhodes out of the ring through another table. Show leaves. Rhodes is helped up and manages to hold up his belt while looking like he’s near tears.

Edge DVD plug.

Matt Striker interviews Daniel Bryan. Will he become World Champion tonight? YES! YES! YES! Fun interview. He walks away and they show AJ sulking in the background.

Sheamus/Bryan hype video.

2/3 Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus (c) vs. Daniel Bryan. Sheamus is wearing a t-shirt with “18 seconds” written on it, the time in which he beat Bryan for the title at WrestleMania. I timed it at 19 seconds, but that’s neither here nor there. Sheamus grabs a headlock and lands a shoulder block. They do a brief mat exchange. Sheamus goes for the Brogue Kick, but Bryan avoids it. Sheamus taunts Bryan with how close that was. They trade arm locks. Sheamus hits a Finlay Roll for 2. For some reason, I don’t know the proper name for that move. Sheamus rolls through a sunset flip and locks Bryan in a Texas Cloverleaf. Bryan gets the ropes. Sheamus goes for it again, but Bryan gets an inside cradle for 2. Sheamus beats up Bryan. Bryan lands a lariat. Sheamus rolls to the apron and Bryan dropkicks him to the floor. Bryan dives off the apron, but Sheamus catches him and sends him into the barricade. Back inside, Sheamus goes up top, but Bryan crotches him and goes on the attack. Bryan goes to work on Sheamus’ shoulder. They trade strikes. Bryan gets a reverse cradle for 2. More arm and shoulder torture inflicted by Bryan. Sheamus makes his comeback and beats up Bryan. Sheamus hits a fall away slam for 2. Bryan gets a schoolboy for 2. Bryan goes for a top rope Frankensteiner, but Sheamus holds on, then hits Bryan with a diving shoulder block for 2. Sheamus tries to suplex Bryan in from the apron, but Bryan lands on his feet, then low bridges Sheamus out of the ring on the other side. He goes for a dive, but Sheamus nails him. Back inside, Sheamus goes for the Razor’s Edge. Bryan turns it into a cradle for 2. Bryan goes for the Yes Lock, but Sheamus counters out repeatedly. Bryan sends Sheamus’ shoulder into the post repeatedly, then kicks the shit out of it while Sheamus is against the ropes. This causes the referee to DQ Bryan, diving Sheamus the first fall at 14:30. Bryan goes back on the attack and applies the Yes Lock. Sheamus struggles, but goes out, and Bryan wins the second fall by referee stop at 16:39. Bryan celebrates while the ringside doctor checks on Sheamus. There are dueling “Yes!” and “No!” chants. Sheamus tells the doctor he can continue. Bryan charges Sheamus and eats a Brogue Kick. Delayed cover gets 2. They trade strikes. Bryan lands a big kick to the head for 2. Bryan goes up top. Sheamus cuts him off and goes for a superplex. Bryan fights him off and goes for a diving headbutt. Sheamus avoids it. Sheamus avoids Bryan in the corner and makes his comeback. Sheamus lands another Brogue Kick for the pin in 22:55. Very good match.

WWE YouTube channel plug.

Over the Limit commercial featuring Randy Orton.

Chicago!

Santino Marella is watching the monitor backstage. 2 jobbers are in the ring. Great Khali comes over to watch too.

The jobbers are named Aaron Relic and Jay Hatton. They cut a stupid promo about 2 being greater than one.

Handicap Match: Aaron Relic & Jay Hatton vs. Ryback. There’s a smattering of “Goldberg!” chants. The jobber with the ridiculous pants attacks Ryback to no avail. Ryback kills him. He orders the other jobber to tag in. The fellow wisely demurs. Ryback tosses him in anyway and kills him. Ryback hits the second jobber with a backpack stunner. Crowd chants “Finish him.” Ryback kills ridiculous pants with sort of a Fisherman buster Samoan drop, then pins them both in 1:50. Santino and Khali are impressed.

Matt Striker interviews WWE Champion CM Punk. Tonight he faces Chris Jericho, who has been insulting his family, in a Chicago Street Fight.

Plug for the PPV theme song.

Punk/Jericho hype video.

Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Chris Jericho. This is Punk’s hometown, and members of his family are in the front row. They brawl, because this is a street fight, see. Punk throws some plunder into the ring. He whacks Jericho with a Singapore cane. Jericho drops Punk with a dropkick and gets hold of the cane. He whacks Punk, then hits his trademark springboard dropkick to the apron, sending Punk to the floor. Jericho beats up Punk on the outside. Back inside, Jericho exposes a turnbuckle. Punk fires back with chops. Jericho avoids the running knee to the corner and Punk takes another spill outside. Jericho beats up Punk right in front of his family. He gets in Punk’s sister’s face and gets slapped. Jericho lunges for her and Punk kicks his ass. Punk slams Jericho through the announce table cover. Punk goes for a piledriver, but Jericho back body drops him, then hits him with a monitor. Jericho breaks the other announce table cover over Punk’s back. Back inside, Jericho covers for 2. Jericho applies a rear chin lock. Punk escapes with a backdrop suplex. Punk pulls Jericho’s throat over the top rope and goes for his springboard lariat, but trips. Jericho wails on him with the Singapore cane. Jericho taunts Punk and gets caught with an inside cradle for 2. Jericho responds with something that gets 2. Jericho brings in a can of beer, which he pours on Punk. He brings in another beer and starts drinking it. Punk, meanwhile, starts kicking his ass. Punk hits the running knee to the corner and the bulldog headlock, then pulls the Singapore cane into Jericho’s balls and signals for the Go 2 Sleep. He goes for it, but Jericho counters and goes for the Walls of Jericho. Punk counters and hits a powerslam for 2. Punk goes up top, but Jericho crotches him. They fight on the top rope. Punk sends Jericho to the mat with a Mongolian chop, then hits the diving elbow drop for 2. Jericho counts the Go 2 Sleep again and hits a bulldog. He goes for the Lionsault, but Punk catches him, picks him up on h is shoulders, and goes for the Go 2 Sleep. Jericho counters again and throws Punk into a chair wedged between the turnbuckles. Jericho gets a schoolboy for 2. Jericho catches Punk with the Codebreaker and locks in the Walls of Jericho. Punk manages to reach the ropes. It’s a street fight, so the referee can’t force a break. Punk somehow gets hold of a fire extinguisher and sprays Jericho with it to escape the hold. Punk hits Jericho in the stomach with it and sends him to the floor. Another shot to the gut followed by a kick to the head by Punk. Jericho is on top of the Spanish announce table. Punk goes to the top rope and hits the diving elbow through the table. Punk throws Jericho back into the ring and covers for 2. Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice. Jericho whacks Punk with the Singapore cane to escape. Punk hits Jericho with a chair. Jericho catches him with a Codebreaker into the chair. Cover only gets 2. Jericho is getting frustrated. He beats on Punk some more. Jericho tries to give Punk the Go 2 Sleep, just to be a dick. Punk catches Jericho’s leg and catapults him into the exposed turnbuckle, then hits the Go 2 Sleep for the pin in 25:14. This turned out to be a hell of a match. Punk celebrates with his friends and family.

Don’t try this at home!

Earlier tonight on the pre-show, Santino Marella defeated The Miz with the Cobra to retain the United States Championship.

The Bella Twins and Beth Phoenix bicker backstage. Eve Torres says Beth isn’t cleared to wrestle. Whichever Bella is champion will now defend the title against a surprise opponent who isn’t Kharma.

The show Nikki Bella beating Beth for the Divas title last week on Raw after Beth injured her ankle. The Bellas cut a promo. The opponent is the returning Layla.

WWE Divas Championship Match: Nikki Bella (c) (w/ Brie Bella) vs. Layla. They lock up. Lots of movement from Layla. Brie trips Layla behind the ref’s back, allowing Nikki to get the advantage. She DDTs Layla’s foot for 2. I fucking hate that spot. Layla gets an inside cradle for 1. Nikki does whatever. Layla hits a springboard cross body for 1, then knocks the other Bella off the apron. Nikki gets the advantage. Layla gets a wonky cradle. Nikki counters. The twins pull the switcheroo. Brie goes for a facebuster, but Layla turns it into a hangman’s neckbreaker for the pin to win the title in 2:28. This sucked.

Extreme Rules Match: Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena. Lesnar takes Cena down and mauls him, then kills him with a lariat. Cena is cut already. The stop the match to check the cut. I hate that shit, but I guess Brock is used to it now. Cena charges Brock and gets taken down and mauled again. Cena is sent outside. He’s bleeding pretty bad. Cena fights back as goes for the Attitude Adjustment. Brock will have none of that and gives him a couple of German suplexes. Cena hits a shoulder block and knocks Brock into the referee. The ref is dead, and Brock kills Cena some more. Brock torments Cena’s arm with a Kimura, then tosses him from the ring again. Brock follows Cena out and tortures his arm some more. Back inside, Brock brings in Cena’s chain, then throws it aside because he’s Brock Lesnar and doesn’t need it. He thinks again and uses it to chain Cena’s legs together. Brock hangs Cena from the turnbuckle and massacres him for a while. Cena gets loose and fights back until he’s thrown into the steps. Brock throws the referee back into the ring and wakes him up. Cena has the chain his hand, but Brock steps on it and takes it away. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment. Brock counters and hits the F-5, but kills the referee again in the process. Another referee runs out, but the delay allows Cena to kick out. Brock clotheslines the new referee. Brock brings the steps into the ring. Cena does his “you can’t see me” and first back. Brock locks in a Kimura on top of the steps. Cena manages to pick Brock up and slam him on the steps. Cena goes for the diving Fameasser, but Brock avoids it. Brock prances on top of the steps while Cena struggles his way back into the ring. Cena makes it onto the apron and Brock launches himself at Cena, taking a bad tumble and injuring his knee in the process. Brock gets up and laughs it off. He charges Cena again, but Cena punches him with the chain. Brock is bleeding now. Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment on the steps for the pin in 17:42. Aside from the stupidity of putting Cena over in Brock’s first match back, this was awesome.

Cena takes the mic after the match and cuts a promo putting over Chicago. He says he’s going home, which is a lie.

Good show. There were a few really good matches. The main event is soured by the stupidity of Brock losing so quickly.